Jupiter Hills Club: Hills

Tequesta, FL Private

Overview

As an old pro from Pine Valley who lost an Open at Merion, George Fazio blended features of both of those great courses into his design at Jupiter Hills, the high point of his second career as a golf course architect. Built from a distinct sand ridge that runs laterally along the Atlantic seacoast north of West Palm Beach, Jupiter Hills was inexpensive to construct. The terrain was so good, only 87,000 cubic yards of earth were moved. A decade after it opened, George Fazio retired near the property, and couldn’t resist constantly tinkering with it. He ultimately removed many of its most unique, Pine Valley-like aspects. Thirty years later, his nephew Tom Fazio, who had assisted on the original, re-established many of those early characteristics, emphasizing the prominent sand ridge on which George first routed the course.

About

Holes 18
Length 6986
Slope 146
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 1970
Designer George Fazio/(R) Thomas Fazio, ASGCA

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest the Second 100
Best Courses in Every State

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2013.

2023-'24 ranking: 109th.

Previous ranking: 111th.

100 Greatest: Ranked for 34 years from 1971-2004.

Highest ranking: No. 23, 1987-'88.

Best in State: Ranked fourth, 2021-'24. Ranked fifth, 2013-'16, 2019-'20. Ranked inside the top 5, 1977-'89, 1993-2003. Ranked sixth, 2017-'18. Ranked seventh, 2011-'12. Ranked inside the top 10, 1991, 2005-'10.

Current ranking: 4th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.457
Character
7.5743
Challenge
7.6659
Layout Variety
7.4515
Fun
7.2704
Aesthetics
7.523
Conditioning
7.8239

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